Rebecca MacKinnon's postings about work, reading, and ideas from 2004-2011.

February 15, 2005

New blog: Radio Free Nepal

A new blog, Radio Free Nepal, has been set up as a place where Nepalese journalists and bloggers can post information anonymously... because they could go to jail if the government finds out who they are. The blog's header explains:

King Gyandendra of Nepal has issued a ban on independent news
broadcasts and has threatened to punish newspapers for reports that run
counter to the official monarchist line. Given that any person in Nepal
publishing reports critical of "the spirit of the royal proclamation"
is subject to punishment and/or imprisonment, contributors to this blog
will publish their reports from Nepal anonymously.